My Australian Hero

Fiona Wood

What she did

British born Surgeon

Director of the Royal Perth Burns unit

Invented Spray-on skin

Director of McComb Research

Foundation

2005 Australian of the Year

Social and Historical context

1992 - Started C3 business when a school teacher came to the
Royal Perth Hospital with 90% burns.

The organiza,on began working in 1993 and now socie,es li7le

biopsies into greater volumes of skin.

Skin culturing then was slow and not

always eec,ve to reduce scarring.

Social and Historical context

Bali Bombing 2002 :

The biggest portion of the burnt victim from the bombing were
treated with by Prof.Fiona Wood and her group at Royal Perth
Hospital.

209 injured and 202 died

Why is she considered a hero in

Australia?
Past methods of skin rened obliged 21 days to create enough
cells to cover major burns, Wood has decreased the period to ve
days with less scar marks.

Pioneer ,ssue engineering

Under went heavy cri,cism due to the
fact that spray-on skin had not been
clinically cleared.